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Thanks Simon - hadn't thought of that either! Yes I'm using Lion and 
Chrome so that is definitely an option.

cheers

Julian

> Thomson, Simon <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 16 November 2011 13:39
> If you are fortunate to be running OS X 10.7 on a mac then the Chrome 
> browser will allow you to operate in Full Screen mode (with absolutely 
> no part of the browser window). - very useful for screen recording.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html#fullscreenapps
>
>
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> Julian Prior <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 16 November 2011 13:01
> Hi Zak, Peter and Vicki,
>
> Many thanks for your advice. I'll contact JISC legal and its good to 
> know that I'm not going to be sued by Apple if I use Garageband loops 
> in the Screencasts!
>
> Peter's tip about making them as generic as possible is good advice as 
> the ones we have created thus far are quite specific to students on 
> our course so I'll have a think about how to address this. And Zak 
> thanks for the tip about only using the browser window minus the menu 
> bar - I hadn't thought of that.
>
> cheers
>
> Julian
>
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> Peter Robinson <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 16 November 2011 12:25
> Dear Julian,
>
> We made a few tutorials on screencasting including a Top Tips video 
> that covers things we've learnt.
>
> My tips would be
>
> learning outcomes at the start and end
> make the browser fonts much larger than normal
> the cursor very large for accessibility reasons
> place the CC licence at the end
> try and make the material generic to help reuse
>
> The tutorial videos on audacity, screencasting etc are released under 
> CC here,
>
> http://steeple.oucs.ox.ac.uk/resources/media/podcasting_tutorials.htm
>
> I'm sure the Moodle world would really appreciate your screencasts 
> being released as CC OER
>
>
> Peter Robinson
> Manager LTG Services
> Learning Technologies Group,
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> Julian Prior <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 16 November 2011 12:03
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any good practice tips and things to look out for 
> when creating screencasts that will have an open license attached?
>
> We are doing a series of screencasts for one of our online CPD courses 
> and wanted to release some of them openly. Most of them are focused on 
> 'how-tos' within Moodle (how to edit your profile, contribute to a 
> discussion forum, upload an assignment etc.). I understand from my 
> colleague Vic Jenkins at Bath that we have permission from the Moodle 
> folks to include openly licensed Moodle content within the screencasts.
>
> Does it matter which browser I use in the screencasts? I am using a 
> title slide that I created within Apple Keynote with a free 'jingle' 
> created in Garageband at the start of each screencast - should I take 
> these out for the openly licensed versions? The software I use to 
> create the screencasts - Screenflow - has some text and video 
> animation effects that I like to use - are there any implications with 
> using these in openly licensed content?
>
> Should we just avoid releasing them openly altogether?
>
> Any thoughts/advice much appreciated!
>
> cheers
>
> Julian

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Division for Lifelong Learning
University of Bath
Claverton Down
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